January 30, 2008

IE7 Will Be Pushed On Feb 12th

Microsoft will roll out IE7 to you whether you want it or not on February 12th unless you follow these directions. However, those directions to seem to apply to someone like me that's just running XP Pro on a home PC. Maybe this IE7 Blocker Toolkit is the way to go?

I was able to successfully get this to work as follows.
I downloaded the IE7Blocker Toolkit
Extracted the files to a new folder named c:\IE7BlockerToolkit.
Went to DOS (Start - Run - Cmd )

Note that the format for the command is "IE70Blocker.cmd [computer name] /B"
If you're not sure what your computer name is, at the DOS prompt, you can type "net view". Mine says \\DELL2400MHZ. So, my computer name is DELL2400MHZ. You can also get this by Right-Clicking on the "My Computer" icon on your desktop and then selecting the Computer Name tab. Your computer name is listed by "Full Computer Name".

So, I've got this handy little IE7 Blocker Toolkit installed. Will it work on or after February 12th? Microsoft has not said specifically whether the IE7 Blocker Toolkit will continue to function on February 12th and beyond.

Posted by Rob Kiser on January 30, 2008 at 12:10 AM

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Microsoft will roll out IE7 to you whether you want it or not on February 12th

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